Video: British Virgin Islands sailing and diving

[ScubaERDoc]

Earlier this year I had the honor of being treated to the greatest bachelor party in history: A week of sailing diving in the BVI

GoPro Hero 3+ Black
Mako AR-15
Backscatter Flip 3.1 with 55 mm adapter ring and SRP filter

Enjoy! Comments and constructive critiques welcome!

​https://vimeo.com/131790291

 

[large_diver]

Thanks for sharing. I think my favorite footage was inside the wreck with the shoal of small fish and the light in the background.

Main feedback would be regarding your editing = I would try to include some sort of "transitions" between each of your clips (most video editing programs provide various transition options = wipe, fade in/out, etc.) - it makes the video much less choppy.

Looks like it was a great trip - cool boat.

 

[ScubaERDoc]

Thanks for the feedback large_diver! Will definitely try some more transitions in future videos

 

[Bobjsd]

Cons

To erratic and choppy. Linger a little more on the scenes, stabilize your camera, dive videos are more impressive when they imply tranquility...unless there's a shark around.

Tell a story.

The comment about transitions was on target but don't overdo it, there's nothing wrong with hard cuts if the story demands them. Dissolve transitions are nice during a dive but fade outs imply a change of time or location.

Give us an ending. Coming out of the water, on the boat having a drink, comraderie with your fellow divers. Anything. Let us know the video is over...before its over. Then fade out.

Pros

I liked how you held the camera and did a selfie as you entered the water. I might use that myself. Thanks!

At first I didn't like the "speed up" you did at the end of some shots, by the end of the video I liked them.

 

[ScubaERDoc]

Thanks for the feedback Bobjsd. Stability is something I am trying to work on in my videos for sure. As far as the pace of cuts, it may be more of a personal preference...I myself cannot make it through videos with long slow cuts (and tranquil music!)

 

[Bobjsd]

After I posted that response I thought to myself "maybe that's what he was going after". It certainly was different and not bad. A couple times though you cut away so quick I didn't understand what was going on in the shot.

 

[lamarpaulski]

Earlier this year I had the honor of being treated to the greatest bachelor party in history: A week of sailing diving in the BVI

GoPro Hero 3+ Black
Mako AR-15
Backscatter Flip 3.1 with 55 mm adapter ring and SRP filter

Enjoy! Comments and constructive critiques welcome!

​https://vimeo.com/131790291

Very cool. Schools of fish swimming in perfect sync very cool.